Ford F-150 SVT Raptor: now 411 hp!

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Ford`s off-road rocket is now even faster with the newest 6.2 liter "Boss" V8 engine. Already on sale for about $42,000

The F-150 Raptor is no ordinary truck. With professional-quality off-road racing suspension and other racing-class components by Ford`s SVT (Special Vehicle Team) division, the Raptor is the only production pickup intended for high-speed off-road driving. And now, with the newest Ford "Boss"-series 6.2 liter engine, its capable to accelerate to 60 mpg in just about 7 seconds. Virtually everywhere. Meanwhile the Raptor remains well-equipped, comfortable and very practical vehicle with quite reasonable price: the newest version starts from about $39 000 for 5.4-liter, 310-hp version.

...And all this is to provide ability to swallow off-road impacts without damaging the vehicle, even driving at high speed!

The only complain by world journalists about the Raptor had been it`s relatively weak 310-hp, 5.4 liter Ford`s V8 engine, which provided acceleration to 60 mph in over 8 seconds. Now the newest "Boss" engine should address the problem: with 411 hp and 434 lb-ft of torque, the acceleration time should drop to about 7 seconds at not only asphalt but at territories where most of the vehicles can't go at high speed at all.

The new Raptors are already at showrooms. The 6.2 version costs about $42,000 (three thousand more that standard 6.4 liter Raptor). And comes, quite remarkably, with standard 3 years / 36 000 km warranty provided at every Ford dealer. Just another advantage of factory-built performance vehicles.